Headline: " A Scary Glimpse of Michigan in 2020"

         

AW-w-w! Poor Michigan; Why do we keep getting "picked upon"


Actually, that is a grabber of a headline--right?
It is from Ron Dzwonkowski, a regular author from the Detroit Free Press
see-- www.freep.com / Sunday March 27, 2011 / section News + Views / page 17 A call-outs to 18 A & 21 A

This article and the corresponding ones are speaking to the release of the census numbers for Detroit and other parts of Michigan.  Ron's statement of " [The census numbers released...] hit Detroit and other parts of Michigan like a blast of Lake superior water in the face."  

For those who have visited Lake Superior from the states around it OR through Michigan--let me tell you
that is ONE COLD Lake. 

He contines with the knowledge that most if not all of Michiganders knew that drastic changes had taken place over that decade. Many did not realize just how Drastic they were.

Personally, I was drawn to his question of
"...do we towel off and act like nothing happened, or decide that this decade will be even more different...?"

great question, Ron--GREAT!
And I respond to his
..."are the 2010 census results going to be one point on a downward trend line...";
OR
" the starting point for a new line?"

I vote for ---The Starting Point !

Isn't it refreshing to read such things in local papers.

It will be interesting just how the Budget is accepted, challenged, decried, & finally voted upon.
That will give us some inclinations & insights as to just  'where will Detroit, Metro Area & the state of Michigan' find itself in 2020.

Don't know if we will still be here in Michigan at that time.
Heck, don't even know if I will even be around to experience 2020.

Oh well, can only state here, unequivocally, that It has been a great Ride thus far & even with the 'hards',
would not have changed a thing.